http://www.reddit.com/user/vickromanji/
created by neandertal on 05/06/2008 at 21:32 UTC
11 upvotes, 36 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by innocentbystander at 05/06/2008 at 22:12 UTC*
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Jesus H Christ, would we please, once and for all, knock off these idiotic "can we ban (this troll)" threads!
Seriously, the only thing - and I do mean the only thing - they accomplish is to aggrandize the troll and make them feel like their efforts in pissing people off are succeeding beyond their wildest dreams. The purpose of a troll is to rile people up, and by posting this, you might as well be handing them a goddamn medal of honor. And that's certainly a great way to get them to behave.
There is a report button. It is monitored and will result in posts or users being banned if it's warranted. And, best of all, the people you're using it on have no idea that it's being used. And if reporting someone doesn't get them banned, then maybe they aren't actually ban-worthy.
Attempting to use post modding to prove that someone should be voted off the island solely because of a lack of popularity proves absolutely nothing. The only thing it does is say that you - the submitter - are too insecure in your own beliefs to even tolerate another view. It means you are too proud to even use available methods - the report button - and instead must resort to trying to form a lynch mob. And when it fails to produce a result, as it always fails, the only thing you've done is made the troll giggle.
So, in short: for the love of god and all that is holy, **QUIT FEEDING THE FUCKING TROLLS.**
Edit - OK, and Spez just proved me wrong. Oh well. This is still the first time I can recall of one of these lynching threads actually having tangible effect.
Comment by dmaclay at 05/06/2008 at 21:41 UTC
38 upvotes, 8 direct replies
Sorry, but I'll take offensive speech over censorship every time.
If the poster was damaging the functionality of reddit - that would be bad - but hurting peoples feelings - it's a web page - if you don't like it, don't follow the link.
Comment by [deleted] at 05/06/2008 at 21:56 UTC
13 upvotes, 5 direct replies
Why? This place would seriously suck shit if everyone agreed with one another.
Comment by zem at 05/06/2008 at 22:01 UTC
12 upvotes, 1 direct replies
the correct question is "can *i ignore* this extremely racist asshole"
Comment by Mikeybarnes at 05/06/2008 at 22:18 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I vote no - and agree that the voting system already in place is censorship enough. If its not a widely held belief, then it just wont make it on reddit.
And yes, I'm also going to play the 'free speech card' on this too - because thats what it comes down to. Just because you or I don't like what this fella is saying, doesn't mean he should be silenced.
Comment by [deleted] at 05/06/2008 at 22:15 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
He's not racist. He's a hard-working American!
Comment by JoePrey at 05/06/2008 at 22:01 UTC
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
FREE SPEECH.
Comment by [deleted] at 05/06/2008 at 21:55 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Wow racist and a conspiracy theorist. He riles against black people, women, and some underground shadow government rigging everything to divide and conquer people. lovely.
Comment by xed122333 at 05/06/2008 at 22:15 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Can we ban free speech?
Comment by viglen at 05/06/2008 at 22:19 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They havent banned an open pedophile, they wont ban a racist.
Comment by dave at 05/06/2008 at 23:08 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
In other words, "I support free speech, unless it's intolerant... at which point I WILL NOT TOLERATE IT!"
Comment by alehbye at 05/06/2008 at 22:00 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Uh-oh, someone needs to read the User Agreement before they start barking about censorship and hurting peoples feelings and blah blah blah.
"You agree not to place on the Website any material that is abusive, harassing, racist, or hateful."
While I'm not a lawyer, I would imagine "any material" includes comments as well.
It's at the bottom of every page linked by User Agreement, in the Rules of Usage, Section 1.
Comment by sandiegojoe at 06/06/2008 at 00:44 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
He is quite a racist piece of shit, isn't he. Oh well, just ignore him..
Comment by spez at 05/06/2008 at 22:35 UTC
8 upvotes, 5 direct replies
I guess I'm a little late to the party, but I banned him. We rarely ban non-spammers, but hate-speech used in that context is not something we tolerate.
Comment by [deleted] at 05/06/2008 at 22:15 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
instead of censoring him, lets just make him feel like the bigoted moron he is. flame on, y'all.
Comment by m1ss1ontomars2k4 at 05/06/2008 at 22:56 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
How racist is too racist? If I just make some jokes now and then, am I too racist? What if I'm sometimes serious? More often serious than not?
This is too hard.
Comment by blufr0g at 05/06/2008 at 23:08 UTC*
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Only if we can ban you for asking the internet be censored.
Comment by andrewd at 05/06/2008 at 23:28 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The truth is your post is bringing his comments more light than they otherwise would have gotten... Reddit self censors to a degree with votes.. no need to ban
Comment by [deleted] at 06/06/2008 at 00:05 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
No speech, no matter how odious should be banned. Sticks and stones you know... Refute or ignore him.
Besides the only really naughty thing he did was use one terribly un-P.C. word. Not the most skillful bigot.
This is the internet in the year 2008, not public broadcast TV in 1952 ; there is no list of the seven words you cannot say on the internet.
Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, Tits! Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, Tits! Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, Tits! Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, Tits! Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, Tits!
Comment by [deleted] at 06/06/2008 at 01:59 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
He's new to reddit. I think he would learn sooner or later that he will only get downmodded and no attention.. At least until this post came up...
Comment by [deleted] at 06/06/2008 at 02:25 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
He contributes. This is the world we live in. It's not good for us to always be able to avoid the people we find annoying or offensive. Ya get soft that way. Instead of banning him, why not outwit him?
Comment by [deleted] at 06/06/2008 at 02:49 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by mjm1374 at 06/06/2008 at 00:38 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
no, he/she might be an asshole, but everyone got one, we just don't tlk about them.
Comment by elitexero at 06/06/2008 at 04:43 UTC*
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
No, welcome to the internet. Stop whining.
Comment by Favourite at 05/06/2008 at 21:57 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Out of interest, and ignoring the current case entirely, are there any circumstances when reddit will ban someone? The help section isn't so clear on this, and it seems like the "report" function is only there for spam. So I'm curious, are downmods the only official way of dealing with inflammatory members?